Field notes from the build.
Working notes on vendor-neutral IoT, NIS2, and building sensor platforms that outlive their supplier. Written by the people doing the work.
The real cost of IoT vendor lock-in
What IoT vendor lock-in actually costs the public sector: data models, integrations, exit fees, and stranded history. And how to procure your way out of it.
Read the postSovereign cloud for IoT platforms
When and how to run an IoT platform on sovereign or national cloud. What changes in architecture, cost, and compliance, and what stays exactly the same.
How to write IoT procurement requirements
How to write IoT procurement requirements that keep ownership of code, data, and infrastructure with you. Written from the buyer side of public tenders.
Who owns smart city data?
Who owns the data a smart city collects? Too often a platform vendor. What municipal data ownership means in practice, and how cities take it back.
NIS2 for IoT, without the panic
NIS2 turns a lot of public-sector IoT estates from optional to in-scope overnight. A practical read on what the directive actually asks of a sensor platform.
What vendor-neutral actually means
Most "open" IoT platforms lock you in somewhere you cannot see. Here is the test we apply, and what handing back ownership looks like in practice.